Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
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Gill's Exposition
Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. He expected not any recompence from the people, but from the Lord; and from him not in a way of merit, but of grace…
Adam Clarke
One ox, and six choice sheep - This was food sufficient for more than two hundred men.
Once in ten days store of all sorts of wine - It is supposed that every tenth day they drank wine; at all other…
Nehemiah had mentioned his own practice, as an inducement to the nobles not to burden the poor, no, not with just demands; here he relates more particularly what his practice was, not inn pride or…
Cambridge Bible
for me daily R.V. for one day. Compare Solomon's daily provision, 1Ki 4:22-23.
choice i.e. picked or chosen for their fatness and good condition. The word in the Hebrew is used of men chosen for a…
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